Market to Market July 11, 2012 (#3746)

The House Agriculture Committee hammers out its version of the next Farm Bill. Arid conditions across the nation prompt USDA to cut estimates on crop production. We examine the “growing concern” of drought and analyze a classic weather market with Elaine Kub.
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(Jul 13, 2012)
Rep. Peter Welch, D - Vermont: “The goal here has to be sustainability of American agriculture. We can’t have a system where one side really profits while the other side perishes. We all have to be in this together.”
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In the News

(Jul 13, 2012)
HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — The annual Farm Aid benefit concert is coming to Hershey in September as the country's small and medium-sized farms face a shifting economic landscape, but board member Dave Matthews sees some hopeful signs in the...

(Jul 13, 2012)
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Honeybees have taken up...

(Jul 13, 2012)
NEW YORK (AP) - A rally has been held in New York City protesting Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed crackdown on super-sized drinks.
Monday's small protest in City Hall Park - dubbed the...

(Jul 13, 2012)
FULTS, Ill. (AP) - As he watched his 10-year-old son ease a tractor across a soybean field, Dennis Mosbacher acknowledged the risks of farming.
But Mosbacher said the U.S. Labor Department was misguided in its attempts to protect children from...

(Jul 13, 2012)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Drought-stricken cattle ranchers in Wyoming are looking to surrounding states for grazing land, and their best bet might be North Dakota, where farmers this year have been luckier than their neighbors.
While large...

(Jul 13, 2012)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court dealt a blow to environmentalists concerned about water pollution from huge livestock farms Wednesday, when it said communities couldn't set stricter standards than the state.
The ruling was...

(Jul 13, 2012)
Rep. Peter Welch, D - Vermont: “The goal here has to be sustainability of American agriculture. We can’t have a system where one side really profits while the other side perishes. We all have to be in this together.”
Fresh off...